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Investing

Final Salary Pensions

by Adam August 11, 2010 Investing

Pensions shouldn’t be the scary, confusing, or boring. But they are. And for good reason!
If you want to avoid leaving money on the table though, you should at least know the basics.

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Foreigners Finances Podcast: Beginning Investing with Adam from Magical Penny

by Adam August 9, 2010 Blogging

Today Magical Penny is featured on Foreigner’s Finances, a site founded by Austin, an American personal finance blogger currently living and teaching English in Japan.

After reading his blog for a few months I jumped at the invitation to speak with Austin about investing as 20-somethings and the differences between money in the U.S. and the UK.

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Do You Find Pensions Confusing?

by Adam August 4, 2010 Investing

Pensions are one the most confusing financial product out there!

According to a recent study by the University of Bristol and Confused.com, pensions are the most confusing product, with 83.9% of people finding them confusing.

How much do you know?

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How to Invest Effortlessly (almost)

by Adam June 18, 2010 Basics

One of the reasons I wanted to set up Magical Penny was to evangelise that you too can take advantage of the power of compounding investment returns without having to dedicate hours and hours to researching companies.

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How To Start Investing -A 21st Century Approach

by Adam June 16, 2010 Investing

An article about the Investment equivilant of Catalogue Shopping -Making investing easier than ever before and the revolutionary way to make more informed decisions in less time.

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How To Read An Investment Prospectus

by Adam June 14, 2010 Basics

Magical Penny’s second video: How to understand investment prospectuses. Reading investment prospectuses can be really confusing and daunting so this videoexplains what you need to know to seperate the marketing from the facts.

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Will You Be Rich?

by Adam June 9, 2010 Investing

You may be daunted by the idea of being an investor so here are 4 points will help you get prepared for the first step, to challenge your perceptions and begin your journey towards growing your pennies sustainably through the stock market.

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What is a Unit Trust? Unit Trusts Explained

by Adam June 7, 2010 Basics

Magical Penny begins teaching the nuts and bolts of investing: Whilst unit trusts are great for most people there are several things to look out for if you’re looking to buy your first ever unit trust.

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Should I Invest Using Pre-Tax or Post-Tax Money?

by Adam May 28, 2010 Investing

It’s a Magical Penny world first: Magical Penny -Video Post #1!
Watch the video detailing the pros and cons of Pre and Post tax saving (you know it’s fun) and let me know your thoughts!

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Lessons from Watching My Investments Drop in Half

by Adam May 19, 2010 Investing

I began investing near the start of 2008 before the full extent of the credit crunch was known. Imagine my surprisewhen, only days after making my initial investment, my investment valuations went into freefall! Thankfully I learnt some great lessons that I’d like to share with you today.

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